By Abhinav Parmar (Reuters) – U.S. airlines are canceling flights and adjusting schedules as some Florida airports close in anticipation of disruptions from Hurricane Milton, which is set to make landfall in the state on Wednesday. As of Tuesday afternoon, 896 flights within, into, or out of the United States were delayed, and 696 were…
By Shariq Khan NEW YORK (Reuters) – A growing number of gasoline retailers were flashing empty signs on Tuesday as panic-buying took hold of Florida, where residents are bracing for a monster hurricane to make landfall. Hurricane Milton was downgraded to a Category 4 storm on Tuesday as it grinded past Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula en…
(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine needed to secure and deploy advanced missiles and to achieve faster results with them on the battlefield. Speaking in his nightly video address, Zelenskiy said a meeting with top commanders had been devoted to the development of domestic weapons supplies in the more than 2-1/2-year…
By Francesca Landini MILAN (Reuters) – Investigators have found that two Italian sub-contractors used cheaper and non-compliant forms of titanium and aluminium to make certain parts for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, saving significant sums of money and threatening plane safety, prosecutors said on Saturday. Below are details of the investigation: HOW IT STARTED The investigation by…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s tax and spending plans would produce more than twice as much new debt as the plans from Vice President Kamala Harris, a budget-focused think-tank estimated on Monday. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which advocates reducing federal deficits, released new detailed estimates showing…
By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – As Hurricane Milton strengthened to a Category 5 storm on Monday, Floridians scrambled to prepare for its arrival this week near Tampa, where it may bring blistering winds, life-threatening storm surge and torrential rains to the Gulf Coast for the second time in two weeks. Milton strengthened to the most…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk will invest 864 million reais ($158.2 million) to revamp a plant in Brazil responsible for pumping out a quarter of its insulin production globally, the firm said on Friday. The funds will overhaul the Montes Claros factory, in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, and implement sustainable…
(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama will campaign for vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in the month leading up to the Nov. 5 U.S. election, the Washington Post reported on Friday. Obama will kick off his efforts with a trip to Pittsburgh on Thursday, the Washington Post said, citing a senior…
(Reuters) – Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s joint venture, United Launch Alliance, said on Friday its Vulcan rocket successfully launched its second mission, in what is a crucial step to receive certification for Pentagon missions. Vulcan, developed to replace ULA’s workhorse Atlas V rocket and rival the reusable Falcon 9 from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, took off…
MILAN (Reuters) – Stellantis shares fell further on Thursday amid concerns over the sustainability of the automaker’s dividend following a profit warning earlier this week. The shares dropped over 4% to their lowest level since July 2022, bringing their fall this year to more than 43% and cementing their position as worst performers among European…
